Registered piano tuner & technician KL

i recently travelled to auckland New Zealand to visit PTTGNZ pttgnzand meanwhile to sit for an ARPT or Australasian Registered Piano Technician  exam.  well i finally passed a comprehensive assessment of my skill and i am very happy about it, it shows that my years of handwork and  effort is finally recognised by professional technician. 

it does not mean that i am very good and professional after achieving the result, i was also attending a mini convention during this trip and I am happy to meet many tuner & technician (NZ, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE,GERMANY, KOREA ,USA etc) who are willing to pour you heaps of knowledge and information

which i have never known,  that is because they want to make you a better skill man, they believe by doing so, the guild will become stronger. the guild will often have a chapter meeting to share about the work, but too bad am too far away.

the guild announcing the two new emerging ARPT

DARREN (GREEN FROM MALAYSIA)&  CHRISTINA WHITE FROM GERMANY)

Gaining hands on experience to shape hammer felt on C7 yamaha grand

yamaha piano parts replacement, repair and restring

recent project undergoing a set of piano hammer heads replacement.

the piano belongs to a local who will no longer stay in the country and asking if i would like to

take in. 

i went to inspect prior to move away the piano and discovered that all the hammer head felts were no longer glued to the molding, half of the felts went missing and soon i suspect the piano may had been invaded by mice.

some old yamaha console piano do not have their hammer felt that nailed or staple to the molding, where they only glued on it.  so when time goes by, fluctuate  changes of humidity may separate them. which becomes like the picture below.

open mouth hammer felt

a set of japanese universal hammer heads has been installed, broken string fixed and replaced.

meanwhile an anti-friction treatment involved